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78th Group Army

Chinese corps-level military unit

Field	Value
unit_name	78th Group Army
native_name	第七十八集团军
image	File:People's Liberation Army Ground Force sleeve badge.svg
dates	1949–present
country
allegiance
branch
type	Group army
command_structure	Northern Theater Command Ground Force
garrison	China Harbin, Heilongjiang
battles	World War II
Chinese Civil War
Korean War
current_commander	Major General Zhang Fan
commander2	Major General Zhang Xiao
commander2_label	Political Commissar
notable_commanders	Yang Dezhi
Yang Yong
Su Zhenhua
identification_symbol	[[File:78th Group Army NATO Map Symbol.svg	150px]]
identification_symbol_label	NATO Map Symbol

Chinese Civil War Korean War Yang Yong Su Zhenhua The 78th Group Army (), Unit 31669, formerly the 16th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 78th Group Army is one of thirteen total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command.

History

The origins of this army go back to Nanchang Uprising. After People's Republic of China was established, it belonged to the 62nd Group Army for a while.

On February 19, 1949, column 1 of the Shanxi-Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region in Henan Shenqiu area became the 16th Army of the People's Liberation Army, was placed under the 5th Corps of the PLA Second Field Army. Yin Xianbing (尹先炳) was appointed army commander.

Organization

It was composed of the 69th, 46th, 48th, and 4th Armored Divisions, the 68th brigade and an artillery brigade.

In 2006 the formation consisted of the:

Headquarters, Changchun, Jilin
46th Motorized Infantry Division, Changchun, Jilin
48th Motorized Infantry Brigade, Tonghua, Jilin
4th Armored Division, Meihekou, Jilin
Artillery Brigade, Yantian, Jilin
AA Brigade, Changchun, Jilin (Source Blasko 2006, 76)

In 2013, the formation consisted of the:

Headquarters, Changchun, Jilin
46th Motorized Infantry Division (the Red Army Division), Changchun, Jilin
69th Motorized Infantry Division, Harbin, Heilongjiang
48th Motorized Infantry Brigade, Tonghua, Jilin
68th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China), Qiqihar, Heilongjiang
4th Armored Division, Meihekou, Jilin
Artillery Brigade, Yanbian, Jilin
AA Brigade, Changchun, Jilin Note Blasko 2013, lists the 4th Armored Division as a division, not as a brigade.

(Source Blasko, Tradition and Transformation of the PLA, 2013, 89)

In 2017, the formation consisted of the:

Headquarters, Harbin, Heilongjiang
8th Heavy Combined Arms Brigade ()
()
()
115th Medium Combined Arms Brigade ()
()
()
78th Special Operation Brigade () (formerly the 67th Brigade)
78th Army Aviation Brigade ()
()
78th Air-Defense Brigade ()
78th Engineering and Chemical Defense Brigade ()
78th Service Support Brigade ()

Notable members

General Xu Caihou, former vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) who was detained as part of a high-profile anti-corruption campaign, was a former member of the 78th Group Army.

Lieutenant General Bi Yi, the incumbent commander of the People's Liberation Army Information Support Force, was a former deputy commander of the unit.

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(2017-08-16). "军改之后，新调整组建的13个集团军已有7个披露驻地". 澎湃新闻.
(2017-05-15). "第78集团军某旅：特战比武超越极限强化意志力". 人民网.
(2017-05-25). "董存瑞生前所在部队已隶属第78集团军". 澎湃新闻.
(2015-09-29). "永远和英雄在一起". 人民网.
(June 2022). "那些年，我们的暖男班长和暖心排长". 搜狐 }}{{Dead link.
(2017-05-19). "原16军副军长吴亚男少将升任78军军长".
Zhiyue, Bo. "The Rise and Fall of Xu Caihou, China's Corrupt General".
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